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John D. Spreckels built the beach house, located at 1043 Ocean Boulevard in Coronado, designed by architect Harrison Albright (1866–1932). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] John D. Spreckels built the Ocean Boulevard beach house for his son Claus as a wedding present in 1910 and Claus's widow, Ellis, lived there until her death in 1967. [ 12 ]
The John D. Spreckels Building is a 61 metres (200 ft) building in San Diego. Completed in 1924, it was the tallest building in San Diego until the El Cortez Hotel was built three years later. The building was designed by Los Angeles-area architects John and Donald Parkinson and features architectural terra cotta produced by Gladding, McBean .
The San Diego and Arizona Railway (reporting mark SDA) was a 148-mile (238 km) short line U.S. railroad founded by entrepreneur John D. Spreckels, and dubbed "The Impossible Railroad" by engineers of its day due to the immense logistical challenges involved.
John D. Spreckles, the creator of the Spreckels organ pavilion, gifted the organ and the building to the city of San Diego. When it was given to the city, it was said it would be used for free entertainment for the people. John D. Spreckle s has invested in or owned many places such as the Hotel del Coronado, and the San Diego Union-Tribune.
By November 30, 1891 John D. Spreckels incorporated the San Diego Electric Railway Company (SDERy). On January 30, the SDERy purchased the SDSCC and the majority of its assets for $115,000 ($3.9 million in 2023 adjusted for inflation); over the next few years the company would also acquire the competing Park Belt Line and the Ocean Beach Railroad.
Belmont Park is an oceanfront historic amusement park in the Mission Beach community of San Diego, California.The park was developed by sugar magnate John D. Spreckels and opened on July 4, 1925 as the Mission Beach Amusement Center. [1]
Spreckels may refer to: Spreckels (surname) Spreckels, California, originally a company town of the Spreckels Sugar Company; Spreckels Mansion, a mansion in Coronado, California, built for John D. Spreckels; Spreckels Mansion, a 1912 mansion built in San Francisco, California, built for Adolph B. Spreckels and Alma Spreckels
Spreckels Theatre is a performing arts center in San Diego, California. It was touted as "the first modern commercial playhouse west of the Mississippi". [ 3 ] It was designed for philanthropist John D. Spreckels , and was meant to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal .